Improved paint



EDWIN BATTLEY, or MONTOLAIR, NEW JERSEY, Assle-nou' TO HIMSELF AND JAMES CRANE, or SAME PLAGF. i

IMPROVED PAINT.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 49,467, dated Anguish 15,1865.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that. I, EDWIN BATTLEY, ot' Montolair, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Iniproved Paint Composition; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description th reof, which will enable others skilled in the art to fully understand and make use of the same.

This invention consists in the use of creosote or carbolic acid as a vehicle for paint.

Creosote or carbolic acid'is' a product of destructive distillation of Wood, and it is al.-o ob' tained in large quantities from coal-tar; and

its quality to preserve wood or other materials or substancestrom putrel'action have long b en known. It has therefore been extensively used, particularly in Europe, for the purpose ot'soaking timber to be used in or under-the ground in the construction of railroads or of buildings of any kind. It derives its name (creosote) from its antiseptic properties, due to its power of coagulating albumen and rendering flesh unsusceptible to putret'action. I propose to use this substance as a vehicle for paint, and I mix it with white lead or other paint; in the same manner as benzine, spirits of turpentine, and linseed-oil are now mixed with such paints.

The proportion in which the creosote is mixed with the paint depends, ofconrse, upon the nature of the paint; and upon the place where the paint is to be used. When used as avehiclc for white lead it, imparts to the paint a brown ish shade, which is very desirabletbeoutdoor work. By the use of creosote the preserving quality ot'the paint is great lyaugmented, and my paint can be used with great; advantage for outdoor work of any description; and it is particlrlarly valuable for painting wood which is exposed to moisture and when not; well protected liable i to decay. it

By the creosote the use; of benzine, spirits of turpentine, and linseed-oil is obviated, which, with the present lngh price of that alticle,;is of great importance.

When mixed with whiting, in combination with linseed and other oils, creosote will produce a superior putty. i

Having thus described my invention, I claim as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent-A t The use of cieoso'e as a vehicle for paint. The above specification ot' my invention 1 signed by me this 22d day of June, lb'65. J

EDWIN BA I LEY. Witnesses: y i t W 1 M. M. LIVINGS'ION t). L. TOPLIFF. 

